Security Identity Consultant

**The Opportunity**: As the Security Identity Consultant, you will report to the IAM Manager to help us build and grow our cyber practice from the ground up. This is a rare opportunity to join us on our journey on the forefront of cybersecurity, grow with us, and help shape the future of Maple Leaf Foods.

Maple Leaf Foods offers a flexible hybrid working model working out of our Mississauga office.

**Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life**:

- Lead enterprise-wide AD/Entra and overall infrastructure on IAM operations and design
- Foster process improvement, automation and best practice in our current AD/Entra landscape
- Proactively identify and remediate process, procedure, and implementation gaps
- Troubleshoot AD/PAM access issues and document the one time and automated resolutions
- Support AD controls compliance and visibility through reports and documentation maintenance
- Design, document and deliver scalable, secure, and highly available AD based solutions
- Collaborate with the Infrastructure, Database, Security Engineering, User Experience, and Project Office to deliver on projects
- Participate in identity based risk remediation activities
- Ensure compliance with policies and procedures to meet requirements and industry regulations
- Supports control activities throughout the IAM Lifecycle (joiner/leaver/mover/access review)
- Audit and implement access based on practices of least privilege, segregation of duties
- Drive scheduled and ad hoc access reviews for user, privileged, and administrative access
- Ensure continual IAM lifecycle improvements policies, procedures, design, and automation
- Where applicable, action users, groups, roles and access policies for AD/Entra
- Perform access and security audits in accordance with regulatory and audit compliance
- Identify potential IAM risks unique to each situation and help mitigate potential threats
- Other collaboration, documentation, and implementation work as needed

**What You’ll Bring**: Skills:

- Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
- Risk management, tracking, and resolution cross functionally (e.g Infrastructure, Cloud, Data)
- Organize, prioritize and track project and operational activities on a day-to-day basis
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills at all levels of the organization
- Working knowledge of large IT organization operations including change management
- Hands-on ability to work with AD/Azure and underlying technologies (e.g. MS Windows servers)
- Implementation level knowledge of IAM principles: PAM, SSO, SOD, RBAC, Least Privilege, etc
- Established ability to interface with architecture in creation of connection kits and patterns
- Ability to generate reports (e.g. PowerShell) and perform analysis (e.g. Excel and PowerPoint)
- Exceptional analytical abilities, providing IAM lifecycle and risk context to recommendations
- Produce and update procedural documents to ensure IAM program success/business continuity
- Knowledge of local, cloud and hybrid Directory Service architecture
- Experience supporting security administration, operations, or security architecture
- Proven clarity in documenting complex problems at senior management level

People:

- Collaborate while balancing business, security, and organizational needs
- Work cross-functionally with technical teams (Infrastructure, Cloud, Data, Security etc.)
- Interface with and provide clarity between technical and non-technical teams
- Manage expectations, solve problems, and actively foster Maple Leaf core values
- Ability to create allies through thorough understanding of business/security value adds

**Experience**:

- 5+ years of hands on experience in various security and IAM functions (AD, IAM, PAM, etc.)
- 3+ years of experience in project delivery
- Extensive practical experience with AD/Azure IAM functions e.g. groups, access policies
- Some hands-on experience in PAM/IAM tools as well as user lifecycle management
- Project experience in proactively identifying, tracking and closing risks and issues
- Comfortable in delivering multiple workstreams accurately and within timelines
- Familiarity with Zero Trust principles relating to the Identity pillar

Certifications & Education:

- Microsoft certifications on AD/Entra (preferred)
- IAM product specific certifications such as Delinea, or SailPoint
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering or Computer Science
- Certifications in Information Security such as CIAM, CIMP, CIST, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CC

**What We Offer at Maple Leaf Foods**:

- Being part of a high-performance, people-focused company that has an inspiring and unique vision to become the most sustainable protein company on earth, and a deep commitment to sustainable protein across North America.
- An inclusive company culture and a work environment that keeps our people safe, rewards excellence, and empowers everyone to learn and contribute their best.
- Competitive Health and Wellness bene